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T20 World Cup 2024 will be organized right after the ongoing season of IPL. BCCI had announced Team India’s squad for this mega event a long time ago. India has selected two wicketkeepers (Sanju Samson and Rishabh Pant) in the team for the T20 World Cup. But the question in everyone’s mind right now is who among these two will get the first chance in the playing XI.
Rishabh for last many years Pant was seen as MS Dhoni’s successor as wicketkeeper across all formats. But when he retired from cricket in 2022 after a car accident, Samson’s chances increased. The Rajasthan Royals (RR) captain scored an ODI century against South Africa in January and has had a stellar performance in the current IPL season with 504 runs in 14 matches.
Now former Team India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh has expressed his opinion on this issue. While talking on ICC show, Yuvi advised to use Rishabh Pant as wicketkeeper in T-20 World Cup. He said, “I would like to go with Rishabh. Obviously Sanju is in amazing form, but Rishabh is a left-handed batsman and I think he has tremendous ability to win matches for India, which he has done before.
The 2007 World T20 winning cricketer feels that the left-right batting combination makes it difficult for the bowlers. Singh favored the opening pair of Rohit Sharma and Yashasvi Jaiswal, followed by Virat Kohli at No. 3 and Suryakumar Yadav at No. 4 to bat.
Yuvi said that only Virat Kohli should play at number three position, while Suryakumar Yadav would be the best choice for number four. Team India will start its campaign against Ireland on June 5 in the T-20 World Cup to be held on the soil of West Indies and America.
